Hello again, I'm doing a night of PRINCE (and Prince-related) tunes in a new bar/restaurant/whatever called Spiritland, in the heart of the dreaded Shoreditch, on the evening of Thursday 27th November. The emphasis is on sitting/chatting/enjoying the music rather than leaping up and dancing, so there will be quite a few slower or mid-tempo choices that don't normally get played in clubs. It's free admission, and runs 7pm-11pm so it's not a crazy late one on a 'school' night. Anyway, full info here: https://www.facebook.com/...2534547656

Hello again, just giving this a quick bump because it's this Thursday. If any London-based Org-ers come along, do say hello.

WHAT I PLAYED IN MY ALL-PRINCE (AND PRINCE-RELATED) DJ SET AT SPIRITLAND

When We're Dancing Close And Slow

Waterfall (Wendy & Lisa)

Money Don't Matter 2 Night

Rock'N'Roll Love Affair

I Wish U Heaven

Gold

Do U Lie

Love Is Contagious (Taja Sevelle)

The Question Of U

International Lover

Gotta Broken Heart Again

Starfish & Coffee

The Laydown

Eye Hate U

Pop Life

Love Thy Will Be Done (Martika)

Something In The Water Does Not Compute

Adore

Bob George

Givin' Them What They Love (Janelle Monae feat. Prince)

Anna Stesia

Bambi

Black Sweat

Mountains

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Nothing Compares 2 U (The Family)

Erotic City

When You Were Mine

Screwdriver

A Love Bizarre (Sheila E)

The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

Do Me, Baby

Little Red Corvette

Stand Back (Stevie Nicks)

Controversy

She's Always In My Hair

Raspberry Beret

Hot Thing

The Bird (The Time)

Sexy MF

Girls & Boys

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

Uptown

Peach

Jack U Off

Manic Monday (The Bangles)

I Feel For You

Batdance

Guitar

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

Sex Shooter (Apollonia 6)

...then I had to go and get my train, but I found the venue's copy of The Very Best Of Prince and left that playing, so at least everyone got to hear all the massive hits I didn't include in my actual set (“1999”, “When Doves Cry”, “Kiss”, “Alphabet St”, “Gett Off”, “Let's Go Crazy”, and so on.)

Thanks to everyone who turned up, sat, drank, sang along, came over for a chat, and even danced to a couple of tunes (most notably “Girls & Boys” and “Sex Shooter”).

Sorry that the volume kept getting turned down – it was a constant battle with restaurant staff who didn't seem to appreciate that dozens of people had actually come there to hear the music – and thank you for bearing with me and understanding.

May U Live 2 See The Dawn, and all that stuff. xxx